Hackett v. Reynolds, Lamberton & Co.
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Error to the Court of Common Pleas of Vénango county : Of October Term 1886, No. 127. This was an action of assumpsit brought by Thomas Plackett against J. B. Reynolds, R. Colbert and S. H. Lamberton, partners trading as Reynolds, Lambert & Co. Plea, non assumpsit, payment, set-off with leave.
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Error to the Court of Common Pleas of Vénango county : Of October Term 1886, No. 127. This was an action of assumpsit brought by Thomas Plackett against J. B. Reynolds, R. Colbert and S. H. Lamberton, partners trading as Reynolds, Lambert & Co. Plea, non assumpsit, payment, set-off with leave. The following are the facts as they appeared on the trial before Taylor, P. J. On the 23d day of January, 1884, J. J. Fisher, of Oil Citjr, Pa., made and delivered to the plaintiff, Thomas Hackett of Pittsburgh, Pa., his promissory note for $424.12, payable five months after date to the order of Thomas…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Clark
Although the indorsement by Hackett was in blank, it is undisputed that he was the real owner of the note; that the Penn Bank received it for collection only, but remitted it to Reynolds, Lamberton & Co., as if it were the paper of the bank; the indorsement was: — “Pay S. H. Lamberton, cashier or order for account, Penn Bank, Pittsburgh; G. L. Reiber, cashier.” We -must also assume, for the verdict establishes the fact, that Reynolds, Lamberton & Co. had no notice what ever that the apparent relation of the Penn Bank to the paper was not its real relation to it; they had an undoubted right to *333…
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